International Social Service (ISS)

http://www.iss-ssi.org/

Relations to other organizations

Organization Relation Type Organization Country Date from Date to
International Social Service American Branch Inc. Part of International Social Service (ISS) 1972 Apr 28
International Social Service (ISS) - Hong Kong Part of International Social Service (ISS)
International Social Service, United States of America Branch, Inc Part of International Social Service (ISS) 1977 Dec 08
International Social Service (ISS) - Germany Part of International Social Service (ISS)

Documents

Title Publication date
How Swiss couples ordered children from the “Third World” 23 October 2024
Let’s celebrate 100 years of child protection and family reunification (and prepare the next 100 years). 9 October 2024
Recommendations for the implementation of the EU Anti-Trafficking Directive: Turning children’s rights commitment to good practices 30 July 2024
Incomprehensible that Belgium continues with adoption from Hungary and Bulgaria' 22 June 2024
ISS Pioneer Advocacy related to adoption and, in particular, intercountry adoption. 27 May 2024
The story of Suzanne Ferrière, ISS Founder and CEO until 1945 13 February 2024
Step by Step Korea Social Service (KSS) Birth Family Search. 1 February 2024
Genesis of the project: International Social Service 19 January 2024
Giovanna Ricciardi’s Post January 2024
Joint statement (Espace A, International Social Service SSI, PACH Nursing and Adopted children Switzerland, tracing service Swiss Red Cross SRK) 8 December 2023
Mia Dambach - Vreaking Through 11 November 2023
ISS Cross-border Services within the HCCH 1980 Child Abduction Convention 1 October 2023
Family international frankfurt eV Member of the International Social Service (ISS) - Feedback from searchers 30 September 2023
Center for Children, Law and Ethics 22 July 2023
GENERAL SECRETARIAT TEAM 29 June 2023
Qui Sommes Nous ? | Service Social International France 23 June 2023
International Social Service (ISS)’s Post 18 April 2023
ANNEXE I : Reconnaissance légale, politique ou pratique du droit d’accès aux origines et conditions d’exercice de ce droit (Questions 1 et 2 de la Circulaire) April 2023
CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONSULTATION ON FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING 21 March 2023
Intercountry Adoption Information Portfolio - Committee on the Rights of the Child - 3. State Party Reports 3 March 2023
ANNEX “SEARCH FOR ORIGINS” CHINA Reviewed by local contacts March 2023
International Social Service (ISS)’s Post 27 February 2023
Racine | Service Social International France 27 February 2023
Adopting a child is not emergency aid 15 February 2023
Three countries of origin are given the green light for further adoption cooperation after extensive screening 14 February 2023
Three countries of origin are given the green light for further adoption cooperation after extensive screening 14 February 2023
FIOM: Vacancy Case manager international searches (ISS)(24 hours) 5 January 2023
Fiom : Vacancy Case manager international searches (ISS)(24 hours) 29 December 2022
A little-known initiative to help the 'war babies' 16 December 2022
The Cappuccino couple's contribution to 1971's war babies' odyssey 22 November 2022
International Post Adoption Tracing Service (IPATS) 4 November 2022
Former Child Migrants Project 1 November 2022
Update: Adoption Policy Reform 1 October 2022
International Adoption and the Principle of Subsidiarity 28 August 2022
NEWSLETTER - Published by the International Reference Centre for the rights of the children deprived of their family (ISS/IRC) 1 July 2022
Call for a moratorium on intercountry adoption in response to the conflict in Ukraine 27 May 2022
Fwd: : Re: : Defamation/ Clarification 18 May 2022
IAVAAN - Trafficking & ISS 2 May 2022
AD/ACT to Plankiskeya - planning overleg werkgroep beleid invloed 20 April 2022
Adoption in a Time of Crisis: We Should Be Concerned 6 April 2022
ISS: WHO ARE WE REALLY? 26 March 2022
New Commonwealth Children's Interest Group 14 March 2022
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE Ukraine Crisis & International Standards 11 March 2022
Defence for Children International (DCI) 21 February 2022
Why Surrogacy Should Be Banned 8 February 2022
Root | International Social Service France 2 December 2021
An Australian Branch of International Social Service Founded 1 November 2021
Interview with Mia Dambach 1 November 2021
“THE SEARCH FOR ORIGINS FOR PEOPLE ADOPTED INTERNATIONALLY”: SSI FRANCE WEBINAR 30 September 2021
Unicef Netherlands position in Intercountry Adoption ? 12 August 2021
International Alliance for Adoption Abolition (IAAA) PIVOT CAMPAIGN Abuse, Alienation and Innocence versus Coincidence, Connecti 31 July 2021
Rightfully considering fathers, their role, experiences and needs 1 June 2021
International Social Service and Network Joint Submission to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child DGD 2014: Digital Media and 14 May 2021
Fwd: Reminder: FW: Unicef Netherlands position in Intercountry Adoption ? 4 May 2021
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE BY-LAWS (Adopted at the 2021 Extraordinary International Council, 7 April, Teleconference) 7 April 2021
Annual Report 2016 - 2017 ISS Australia 4 April 2021
ISS / Mia Dambach 19 March 2021
ISS_IRC_Director_Job_Description.pdf 18 March 2021
Fwd: Réponse automatique : Adoption Conference / Conférence sur l'adoption : Today's headlines in Romania - FYI 11 March 2021
Greek Adoption Agency to Preserve Records of Thousands of Orphans 4 March 2021
International Social Services (ISS) - Connecting Cross-Border Families 3 March 2021
The Role of the ISS in the History of Private International Law – ISS-USA 3 March 2021
INAUGURATION OF THE EUROPEAN PLATFORM FOR ACCESS TO PERSONAL AND FAMILY RIGHTS (EPAPFR) 19 February 2021
Hollywood star’s search for a baby brought focus on Irish adoptions 13 January 2021
ISS International Governing Board recognised by CWLA as champions for children! 22 December 2020
International Social Service and the Hague Permanent Buro (Part 4) 8 September 2020
International Social Service and the Hague Permanent Buro (Part 4) 8 September 2020
Oana Paraschiva Harvalia, the "Romanian" wife of Gunther Krichbaum, also an expert in international adoptions like the Iohannis 16 July 2020
Mail AD/ACT to Laura Martinex/Hague: Adoptee voices 5 July 2020
Fwd: MFoF redovisar slutrapport om indikatorer 2 July 2020
90 years of IST: the structural and substantive change in the International Social Service from its beginnings to the present da 1 July 2020
Fees for Services 1 July 2020
Fwd: linkedin chat with Fiom / ISS / Sandra de Vries 1 May 2020
International Social Service, little did I know 24 April 2020
Fwd: FOI 19/20-080 - Notice of decision [SEC=OFFICIAL] 20 March 2020
Consultation on the Intercountry Adoption Family Support Service Submission by International Social Service (ISS) Australia 10 March 2020
Donor-conceived people lobby UN for access to their genetic heritage 20 January 2020
Fwd: Fw: Svar Aktindsigt ISS 13 January 2020
E-mail Truus - Fwd: Nieuws van Fiom 9 January 2020
ISS-USA Maureen Flatley and Susan Jacobs 1 January 2020
ISS India Billimoria 28 December 2019
WOB Jin authorities' agreements and payments to ISS : Fwd: Fw: Anmodning om aktindsigt 27 December 2019
Fwd: tgroot@fiom.nl sent you files via WeTransfer 24 December 2019
Investigation of Adoptions in Denmark - REPORT (incl ISS) 20 December 2019
Fwd: Reminder: File National Archive 20 December 2019
Fwd: FOI Requests 19/20-079 and 19/20-080 - publicly available [SEC=OFFICIAL] 16 December 2019
Fwd: Freedom of Information Request No. 19/20-080 - Acknowledgement [SEC=OFFICIAL] 11 December 2019
Jin asking access to report by ISS Fwd: Anmodning om aktindsigt 10 December 2019
Fwd: Request for inquiry into ISS Australia [SEC=OFFICIAL] 9 December 2019
Verdens bedste adoptionssystem bliver til verdens dyreste kontrolsystem! 9 December 2019
E-mail to Dekker Fwd: Searches FIOM / ISS 9 December 2019
Fwd: Post Adoption Services 7 December 2019
FOI Request 1920-080 - Decision 6 December 2019
Fwd: FOI Request / India 6 December 2019
Fwd: FOI - adoption reunification and tracing project of ISS Australia 6 December 2019
ISS correspondent Sri Lanka 6 December 2019
Shankar Sudatta / ISS correspondent 4 December 2019
Chat with Julia Rollings: / ISS / Sandi Petersen 4 December 2019
Generatie Tanara Romania 4 December 2019
Angry e-mail from Nigel to Arun regarding issue with Guidelines. Fwd: Reminder, newsletter 3 December 2019
Fiom informeert Minister Dekker over het belang van voorlichting en begeleiding voor én na adoptie 3 December 2019
Belgium: Internationale visies op frauduleuze adopties, hoe reageren we hierop? 2 December 2019
Internationale visies op frauduleuze adopties, hoe reageren we hierop? 2 December 2019
E-Mail to Truus Fwd: File National Archive 2 December 2019
FW: newsletter -> Latest Communication with Nigel and Mia to van Nispen 28 November 2019
Better Care Network Article: 10 years of the Guidelines 1 November 2019
Documents - from Roots Search India FB Group 21 October 2019
International Social Service – USA (ISS-USA) and Lumos Renew Partnership Agreement, 50 Additional Children Returning to Guatemal 7 October 2019
October 2019: Triple consultations in one month on draft principles for the protection of the rights of the child in the context 1 October 2019
Finding family: ‘I don’t want this Vietnamese woman going to her grave not knowing about her kid’ 30 September 2019
Fwd: PFAD Bundesverband der Pflege- und Adoptivfamilien e.V. - PFAD gratuliert Carmen Thiele zum Doktortitel! 20 September 2019
Screenshots Book ISS' history regarding international adoptions 10 June 2019
ISS/USA Blog on National Adoption Month: We Never Outgrow the Need for a Family 10 June 2019
E-Mail Exchange FOI Request 18/19-102 [SEC=OFFICIAL] 3 June 2019
E-Mail Response FOI regarding the final report which ISS made regarding the $516,000 AUD received from the Department 24 May 2019
Phone Call Fiom Truus de Groot 22 May 2019
E-mail Truus de Groot 22 May 2019
E-Mail Truus de Groot: Telephone Call 22 May 2019
E-Mail Request Report Final Report Payment to ISS 20 May 2019
Invitation FIOM Meeting, May 2019 15 May 2019
AD/ACT Open Letter to Hague/Laura Martinez - working group “illicit practices” meeting 14 May 2019
‘My mom wasn’t gonna let me go’: Indiana woman reunites with South Korean family 50 years later 13 May 2019
Fwd: FW: adoption world conference 5 May 2019
ISS - Circular Acces to Origins 2 May 2019
27 May 2019 OPEN ONLINE COURSE - MOOC I 12 April 2019
Vacature specialist beleid verwantschapsvragen 9 March 2019
War Babies Bangladesh 8 March 2019
Adoptionsdialogens Dag den 23. maj 2019 7 March 2019
Hill Briefing Highlights Unregulated Transfers Or “Re-Homing” 28 February 2019
Beleidigung oder Meinungsfreiheit? (Romania for Export Only) 28 February 2019
For many, international adoption isn't just a new family. It's the loss of another life. 19 February 2019
The Board of Appeal and Shejar Chhaya 2019
Aangekondigd onderzoek naar illegale adoptie maakt veel los 16 December 2018
EP Event Intergroup Transparency/Organised Crime: Dark Side of Adoption 7 November 2018
WOB Fiom subsidieverlening 2018 16 October 2018
Australia recommences its adoption programme with India 14 August 2018
E-Mail Exchange with Mia Fwd: Searches 2 July 2018
Fwd: AGD response to your email of 8 October 2017 [DLM=Sensitive] 12 April 2018
FOI Request 19 20-080 - Documents in the form for release 31 March 2018
Adoption & The Right To Search 26 February 2018
Mail Jolijn to Smolin, Cantwell, ISS on China 9 December 2017
Meeting European Central Authorities with ISS - Subsidiarity - RSJ Report 4 October 2017
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE SURROGACY Technical assistance and advocacy September 2017
Melanie Adela Vega -> Adoptierte aus aller Welt 7 August 2017
FOI Request 18/19-102 [SEC=OFFICIAL] (Australia) 16 July 2017
Fwd: ISS USA 4 June 2017
Susan Jacobs Joins International Social Service Board of Directors 1 June 2017
Fwd: adoptees who can discuss Hague Convention and UNROC? - 2017 28 May 2017
Experts meeting to discuss international reponses to surrogacy at University of Verona 20 May 2017
Overleg met Fiom 11 April 2017
Gedanken zur Problematik der Adoption von Kindern aus dem Ausland Allgemeine Informationen 28 March 2017
FB chat Lynelle - Kushal suicide 22 March 2017
kushal / ISS took it over 21 March 2017
FB discussion with Lynelle about Kushal 20 March 2017
Lynelle's Report for ISS 1 November 2016
International Social Service General Secretariat 19 October 2016
ISS: Double principle of subsidiarity: Keeping the child’s individual needs at the centre of decisions 1 August 2016
ISS USA Conference : Session 1 15 June 2016
BBA going against ISS: DOUBLE SUBSIDIARITY PRINCIPLE AND THE RIGHT TO IDENTITY 28 May 2016
ISS Conferentie in Australië 7 April 2016
E-Mail Exchange: UAI (Anand), Mia, Illegal adoption project update 30 March 1 April 2016
Mother America: Cold War Maternalism and the Institutionalization of Intercountry Adoption from Postwar South Korea, 1953-1961 1 January 2016
Annual Report 2016 - 2017 International Social Services 1 January 2016
AD to Mordue: Mr. Krichbaum / FYI 29 December 2015
Illegal adoption project update 17 December 2015
We Never Outgrow the Need for a Family – Family R… 18 November 2015
ISS-USA Reflects on National Adoption Month with Thomas Waterfield November 2015
ISS: Romania: 'A better future is possible' Project for children with disabilities in institutional care, September, 2015 September 2015
PRINCESS SOPHIE - NO SOUND 21 July 2015
4th Meeting of the Special Commission on the Hague Convention 12 July 2015
Nieuw contact voor tracing in Ethiopië 30 June 2015
E-Mail Exchange: Anand, Mia - contribution 28 June 2015
Report on HCCH Special Commission on Adoption 8-12 june 2015. 8 June 2015
E-Mail Exchange: Mia, Anand and Ian- Potential contribution 23 March 2015
Dutch adoptee afraid time running out in search for birth parents 22 February 2015
ISS Handbook 2015 Anand Kaper NL 1 January 2015
Conference: Prevention of Family Breakdown due to Poverty 17 September 2014
Hilbrand's STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL FW: VERTROUWELIJK - WK & ICDI Beleidsstuk naar Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken 24 August 2014
VERTROUWELIJK - WK & ICDI Beleidsstuk naar Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken 24 August 2014
Adoptions from Nigeria suspended (29/04/2014) 29 April 2014
Fwd: Mieke Budde 6 January 2014
Hilbrand's STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL FW: VERTROUWELIJK - WK & ICDI Beleidsstuk naar Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken 2014
Chat with Lynelle FB - ISS Australia / Ian Forber Pratt 1 January 2014
Denmark meeting with Unicef/ISS on ica 5 December 2013
Europese pilotgoup on intercountry adoption en wekbezoek aan ISS en Unicef op 5 en 6 november 2013 5 November 2013
Informal European Pilot meeting CA's and visit ISS and Unicef (Geneva) - NL proposed joint actions Congo 5 November 2013
Global Families: A History of Asian International Adoption in America 11 October 2013
Presentation on roots by ISS / nordic adoption council meeting 12 September 2013
Der Kampf um die Waisenkinder 8 September 2013
Misguided Saviors: An Analysis of International Adoption Issues and Necessary Considerations for Prospective Adoptive Parents 1 September 2013
Misguided Saviors: An Analysis of International Adoption Issues and Necessary Considerations for Prospective Adoptive Parents 1 September 2013
1) Assessment of the Adoption and Child Protection framework May 2013
Betty/ ISS Australia 29 April 2013
Jury out as Vietnam, US look to revive adoption programs 8 March 2013
ISS neemt zoekacties en contacten Wereldkinderen over 21 February 2013
Statements of support regarding the subsidy discount for Fiom 18 September 2012
Handboek bij de Richtlijnen: binnenkort zal dit beschikbaar zijn 22 May 2012
Interviewanfrage ISS 23 November 2011
ISS Geneva to ISS Italy : problems with intercountry adoptions in Romania 23 November 2011
Fwd: ISS Black Germans: Die Kinder weisser Mütter und schwarzer GIs in Deutschland versammelten sich als Erwachsene erstmals in 10 November 2011
On average a child is taken per day in Portugal 24 July 2011
Drop in international adoptions sparks debate 24 July 2011
Link call to Herve Boechat 4 July 2011
Séminaire sur l’Adoption Internationale Mali 26 October 2010
Oh baby - Authors call for international reform in an assessment of Vietnam’s adoption system 20 August 2010
ISS Report Haiti 1 August 2010
Report aims to clear adoption group of impropriety 9 June 2010
ISS and International Organisations 4 June 2010
Fwd: our Preet Mandir article is summarised in here 24 April 2010
Unicef Report Vietnam 29 November 2009
Jurnal National: Romanian Orphans, ready for export to the EU - ADOPTION MAFIA WORKS THROUGH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION 20 October 2009
Transcript interview De Luca 1 October 2009
Vietnamese adoptions face scrutiny 21 September 2009
NAC Panel Discussion (no longer online) 16 September 2009
Dear Friends of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - by Laetitia van Haren - Executive Director 12 September 2009
Speech Mia Dambach 4 September 2009
Grace C. Horton, 88, Dies; Philanthropist Worked With Refugees and Low-Income Families 3 September 2009
Fwd: afspraken etc 7 April 2009
E-Mail exchange including Lynelle and Julia Fwd: FW: Kids 'kidnapped for Aussie adoption' 25 August 2008
Further steps towards the UN Guidelines on Children without Parental Care 11 June 2008
Adopting Nadia 2008
Inter country Adoption in Australia 1 January 2008
Letter European Commission (JLS) to Amici dei Bambini - about tender together with ISS 25 October 2007
Conference Schedule October 8 2007 8 October 2007
ISS - Adoption THE SEARCH OF ORIGINS February 2007
ISS Factsheet Subsidiarity 2007
ISS Resources 2007 2007
BCN Initiatives - Better Care Network 18 December 2006
READING ROOM: The lost children of Bulgaria 18 December 2006
Statement on Madonna's adoption 27 October 2006
Draft UN Guidelines FOR THE PROTECTION AND ALTERNATIVE CARE OF CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTAL CARE May 2006
Wikileaks - no evidence trafficking - Ukraine 6 March 2006
DRAFT UN GUIDELINES FOR THE PROTECTION AND ALTERNATIVE CARE OF CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTAL CARE 2006
Is intercountry adoption linked with trafficking for exploitation? Monthly Review n° 11-12/2005 November-December 2005 - ISS November 2005
NGO Working Group on Children without Parental Care 15 September 2005
international adoption... an interview with AnneMarie CRINE & Chantal SACLIER 26 March 2005
Children without Parental care, a call for international standards 1 August 2004
Note for Verheugen - about recent developments/intimidations etc 17 March 2004
Mails with Geeta about ISS search 5 November 2003
Search for the family of origin 2 October 2003
Letter of Van Loon to CA's requesting funding for ISS 23 June 2003
Note German Ministry about letters ISS - financial contribution 4 June 2003
Framework for a Plan of Action Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Seeking Family-based Alternatives for Children who are Abandoned or at Risk of Abandonment 2 May 2003
The Rights of the Child in Internal and Intercountry Adoption Ethics and Principles Guidelines for Practice 24 January 2003
ISS Report - The activities of International Social Service and their legal bases 2002 6 December 2002
ISS has consultative status with The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) The United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) The Council of Europe The Organization of American States (OAS) 9 October 2002
Fwd: Post adoption / India / ISS - international social service / ISS Newsletter No. 3 - March 2002 3 March 2002
Newsletter ISS Post Adoption 1 March 2002
Prime accused in child adoption racket granted bail 25 July 2001
THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD IN INTERNAL AND INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION 1 November 1999
MEETING IN THE HAGUE WITH TABACARU - EUROPEAN CENTRAL AGENCIES 11 October 1999
LETTER Central Authorities to HAGUE - Romania problems 8 July 1999
Petition 706 / 1999 5 million Phare (original, no blackening) 2 July 1999
From book Gerts - Bustea recommended by ISD 1999
Support center for adoption questions 13 May 1998
The Child's Right to Grow Up In a Family - Guidelines (India) 1 January 1997
FALSE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS 1 September 1993
Implications for Adoption. Report of a Seminar (Brussels, Belgium, March 1993) 1 March 1993
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child - Romania 1993
Adoption Agreement CIAI - Romanian Adoption Committee 1 January 1992
Ottawa can't stop Canadians from buying Romanian babies 5 August 1991
Halen en betalen 20 July 1991
Officials Urge New Romanian Adoption Law 7 June 1991
Report: The Adoption of Romanian Children by Foreigners (DCI, ISS, Hague, Nigel) 1 April 1991
The Network - Adoptions Romania 1 January 1991
Hague Yearbook of International Law 1991 1 January 1991
A question of interests : Inter-country Adoption 1 October 1983
“The well-being of the child has priority” 11 July 1982
BIA / ISS Adoptie van buitenlandse kinderen (JUSTITIELE verkenningen) 1 January 1979
Orphan Airlift Draws Anger 10 April 1975
ADOPTION OF VIETNAMESE CHILD BY AMERICAN EMPLOYEE OF ILO 1 January 1975
Protestant and Catholic oganizations now arranging adoptions 25 August 1973
PhD Jos Nota: De Adoptie 6 December 1969
NL / Korea and ISS / HOLT 2 December 1968
Assistance Programs of U.S. Non-Profit Organizations - South Vietnam 31 October 1968
Aanbod kinderen kleiner dan de vraag; buitenlandse kinderen worden hier niet zondermeer erkend 16 December 1967
Desert Sun, Volume 40, Number 67, 21 October 1966 20 October 1966
Manual on Intercountry Adoption - Armed Forces 31 January 1963
48 Chinese orphans leave Hong Kong for adoption by Americans 26 June 1962
PRINCESS SOPHIE (no sound) brings children from Greece to US (WAIF/ISS) 1960
Good news in foreign adoption 23 September 1957
History ISS - 1956, see yellow 30 December 1955
Cloeck registers ISS NL 11 June 1955
START OF INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION IN THE USA: Federal Orphan Adoption Amendment of 1953 30 December 1953
History ISS USA 18 October 1951
CV Hans van Loon
Adoption, Memory, and Cold War Greece: Kid pro quo? (WAIF/ISS)
Bangladesh - war babies (1971)
Service Social International Brussels Social Action Service - SASB Asbl
Documents received from LJA Koeln
Documents received from LJA Mainz

Location

32, Quai du Seujet
1201
Geneva